Category: Online Lectures

From small molecules to biological polymers, the dance between organic synthesis and biochemistry

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Hey, my name is Angel and I would like to explain a bit about bio-conjugation in the space between organic synthesis and biochemistry

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The perspective for nano-sized DNA robots

Posted by on in Aitor Diaz, Alba Monferrer, Angel Santorelli, Igor Bars, Joakim Bohlin, Karol Kolataj, Lorena Baranda, Marco Lolaico, Michael Pinner, Mihir Dass, Minke Nijenhuis, Nestor Sampedro, Online Lectures, Publications, Quentin Vicentini, Rafa Carrascosa, Uncategorized, Yash BogawatLeave a comment

This articles aims to explain the basic concepts, perspectives and the main ethical considerations regarding the concept of DNA nano-robots. This outreach paper has been written with equal contributions from all the DNA-Robotics Early stage researches. Authors are listed in random order:

Quentin Vincentini, Lorena Baranda Pellejero, Aitor Patiño Díaz, Alba Monferrer i Sureda, Michael Pinner, Yash Bogawat, Minke Nijenhuis, Angel Santorelli, Nestor Sampedro, Marco Llocaico, Igor Baars, Mihir Dass, Karol Kolataj, Joakim Bohlin, Rafael Carrascosa Marzo.

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DNA nanotechnologies: ideal tools for theranostics?

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Theranostics is an emerging field that combines the power of diagnostics and therapeutic at the same time. The idea is not completely new, Nuclear Medicine has been using for example radioactive iodine to both image and treat certain types of thyroidal diseases (1), but nanotechnologies have the potential to generate highly controllable systems and expand the therapeutic arsenal of clinicians.

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Artificial protein-DNA conjugates: Increasing the versatility of proteins with the help of DNA

Posted by on in Lorena Baranda, Online LecturesLeave a comment

Hey there! This is Lorena, and in this post I will talk about protein-DNA conjugates, as part of the lecture course 🙂 I have recently been working quite a lot with them, so I am very excited to cover some of their aspects

Proteins have incredible properties nobody else in the bio-world has. Their highly complex tertiary structure and the richness of their chemical groups allows them to bind molecules with high affinity and in a very selective way. They are also able to act as very efficient catalysts, showing high substrate turnover ratios. Thus, it is no surprise that proteins attract a great deal of attention and are in high demand for a lot of applications.

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